Legal Opinion
Richard B. Smith v. Sheriff Mike Sullivan, Hector Salvida Amaya v. Sheriff Mike Sullivan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 14, 1980No. 77-3407PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas requiring the sheriff and the members of the commissioners court of El Paso County, Texas, to limit the inmate population of the El Paso County jail and to submit weekly reports of conditions at the jail to the district court.
This is not the first time that this controversy has been before this Court. The case began on July 3, 1974, when an inmate of the jail, acting on his own behalf and as a representative of all other El Paso County jail inmates, filed…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Procunier v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Alabama v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Joseph Toussaint, Plaintiffs/appellees/cross-Appellants v. Daniel McCarthy Defendants/appellants/cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Ramos v. LammCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- David R. Ruiz, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee v. W. J. Estelle, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Bobby Williams v. Larry BennettCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Anthony Swain v. Daniel JuniorCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
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